Carolina [English translation]

Carolina, in your deep eyes

You keep so much pain, the pain of the entire world

I've told you already that it won't work

Your tears won't help at all

I invited you to dance

It's time, I know, to enjoy

Out there, my love, a rose bloomed

There was samba to everybody, a star tore itself

And I very well showed it to you, smiling

Through the window, look how pretty!

But Carolina couldn't see it.

Carolina, in your deep eyes

You keep so much love, the love that no longer exists

I told you that it would end

Everything I gave to you so that you could cope with

A thousand verses were sang by me to please you

And now I don't know how to explain

Out there, my love, a rose has withered

The party's over, our boat has departed

And I very well showed it to her

Time passed through window

But Carolina was the only one to see it.

• Artist:Chico Buarque
• Album:Chico Buarque de Hollanda - Vol. 3 (1968)